Living in Osaka – a congested city filled with people, buildings, cars, and bursting with activity 24/7 – it’s difficult to picture Japan as anything other than an artificial manmade beehive. Where are the trees? The animals? Sure, there are beautiful cherry blossom trees in full bloom, harboring festive picnickers as I write this. And [...]
Foreigners in Japan When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The same can be said about Japan. What attracts foreigners is its uniqueness. It isn’t hard to see westerners go to and participate in local festivals, drink vast amounts of sake and carry miniature shrines through the street. Dress up in Yukatas and Kimonos. [...]
Smith’s School of English Lessons I had a pink level student today. I prepared a basic Item and a basic Routine as well. During pre-lesson preparations, I noticed that this was her first time the student comes in for lessons and her trial lesson teacher used part one of the Morning Routine. The trial lesson [...]
Smith’s School of English Lesson Plan Narrative Today’s first student was a middle-aged man who is red level. He has been coming to Smiths as a man to man student for a long time and enjoys a challenge in his lessons as well the opportunity to discuss and use his English freely. ET B.9 – [...]
April 21, 2007 Smith’s School of English Kyobashi It’s hotter today that it has been of late, which is pretty surprising and unfortunate for those of us who are wearing itchy, woolly socks. Many of the students coming in are in high spirits thanks to the wonderful weather. ET: B18 – I’m sick of (A) [...]
Marshal Holmes Head Teacher Smith’s School of English, Ogikubo For sometime now at Smith’s School of English in Ogikubo, I have had the pleasure of teaching high level students. I currently have quite a few normal, powerful, and Man to Man students who are high level English speakers, and each one is unique and a [...]
ET A3.15 I’m broke It was my fist time to meet the student today so before jumping right into the one point review I decided to establish trust by asking her what her job was. She answered “I’m …office worker”. OK I thought, a little bit of work will be required getting her to give [...]
Idiom Lesson part 2 Number of students: 2 Kind of student: OL (Office Lady) & Retired business man A powerful course student joined the second part of this lesson, due to this I checked his file beforehand on whether he had studied these idioms before. He had taken the lesson 3 months previously, so I [...]
A Narrative Structure of The Idiom Lesson The Benefits High student talking time. No prepping. Active and fun interaction. Common idiom sentence building. Limited board work. Student to student course lesson manipulation. Board game play Preliminary Information Level: Advanced (Green/Yellow) Class focus: Materials/Resources – Board game Aims: to raise further awareness of the listener’s active [...]
Vocabulary Lesson part 2 Number of students: 2 Kind of student: Housewife & Secretary A powerful course student joined the second part of this lesson, due to this I checked her file beforehand on whether she had studied these vocabulary words. She had taken the lesson 2 months previously, so I thought it would make [...]
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